Oregon to charge 25% more for out of state RV campers

When demand exceeds supply it's only natural for prices to rise.

Well, the bright side is, with any luck the economy keeps holding out next year,even with the govt (at all levels in lefty states) is draining the businesses and tax paying working folk.
And hopefully the supply chain issues aren’t solved and now people are new campers…
Then I can be “greedy” and sell some poor sucker my setup for far too much money still, like could have this year!

PS, this isn’t political, just math. This state has directly or indirectly siphoned approximately a million dollars out of me ( more accurately the company I work for) on just 2 different construction projects due to their policies and mandates since the Vid started. And I’m not done bleeding yet. But it sure is hard to recoup…correction, impossible.
It’s bad enough that the board of directors (Canadian company) is considering pulling the plug on our US infrastructure Ops because it’s now worse than what Canada takes from them!
Never mind the 2 new personal state taxes being implemented this year pulling out of my pocket personally.
And I’m not even camping at an out of state State Park!

Super_Dave wrote:
Greed abounds. The campground that we stay at on a monthly basis (at a discounted rate) is dropping their monthly sites because they can make more money on nightlies and a full campground.

Greed? Lol
That’s as funny as the out of state fishing license post!

You must be a very generous person to think that simple capitalism is greed (generally the term greed has a negative connotation).

If your boss offered to double your pay, you’d refuse because it would be greedy? Lol

Edit, my post is sort of a double post…oops.

wapiticountry wrote:

Super_Dave wrote:
Greed abounds. The campground that we stay at on a monthly basis (at a discounted rate) is dropping their monthly sites because they can make more money on nightlies and a full campground.

Unlike that dirty rotten greedy park owner, I am sure you have passed on every chance you have had to increase your income.
In retrospect that appears to be a bad decision on your part. Because if you had taken those opportunities to increase your income you could likely afford to pay that nightly rate and still stay for a month.

It has nothing to do with my ability to afford it for a month. For us, the price now just exceeds the value/experience of staying there but I appreciate your concern for my finances.

Super_Dave wrote:
Greed abounds. The campground that we stay at on a monthly basis (at a discounted rate) is dropping their monthly sites because they can make more money on nightlies and a full campground.

Unlike that dirty rotten greedy park owner, I am sure you have passed on every chance you have had to increase your income.
In retrospect that appears to be a bad decision on your part. Because if you had taken those opportunities to increase your income you could likely afford to pay that nightly rate and still stay for a month.

Greed abounds. The campground that we stay at on a monthly basis (at a discounted rate) is dropping their monthly sites because they can make more money on nightlies and a full campground.

rhagfo wrote:

wapiticountry wrote:
Considering residents pay income and property taxes to Oregon that fund things like parks and out of state campers do not, it seems only fair that residents should get a break.

Well Oregon state parks are not tax payer supported, the funding is from three major sources, user fees, a share of lottery dollars, and a percentage of RV registration fees.

Even so, I doubt much of the revenue from Lottery sales and RV registrations come from out of state visitors. Oregon residents still provide the vast majority of the funding for the Parks.

I am a bit surprised as many others that Oregon has NOT been charging more for non-residents all this time. I just assume that when I go to another state's parks that I will pay more.

I have no problem with that. As a state resident, all those fees and taxes I pay in my state in addition to a "gate fee" helps to pay for all the state's parks and facilities.

Speaking of fishing license cost - hunting license fee differences can be breathtaking. In Connecticut ("base" fee, there are a lot of add-ons available), a resident deer hunting license is $19. Non-resident fee is $91.

I hunted for years in Vermont, usually only a couple weekends, and I paid the non-resident fees.

It has always been that way, the differences between resident and non-resident fees for mostly everything.

At least up here in the New England area.

ksg5000 wrote:
I am from Oregon and have always had to pay an out of state fee when I camp in adjacent Washington. Our campgrounds are maxed out - it's hard to get a spot these days. I would have preferred them giving Oregon residence a discount but that would ask Politicians to cut revenue - something that will never happen. In short - I don't mind they charge a reasonable fee to out of state campers.

Well we have been hosting for Oregon State parks for going on eight years. We have hosted coastal parks for about four years of that. It has constantly been getting busier winter on the coast the parks were sometimes near empty, usually due to weather (storms) to 3/4 full . The two parks nearest Newport, South Beach, and Beverly Beach would be fully open all loops except tent loops, and full for the February Newport Seafood and wine festival.
The last couple summers the coastal campgrounds the FULL sign goes up mid May and stays up until the end of September.
A newer park west of Portland was seldom full except of weekends until the last couple years it very full all summer long.
The park system took a funding hit during the pandemic with three months of closure, loss of lottery income, and moratorium of vehicle registration renewals.

wapiticountry wrote:
Considering residents pay income and property taxes to Oregon that fund things like parks and out of state campers do not, it seems only fair that residents should get a break.

Well Oregon state parks are not tax payer supported, the funding is from three major sources, user fees, a share of lottery dollars, and a percentage of RV registration fees.